New Books in the Arts and Sciences:
Celebrating Recent Work by Sheri Berman
Democracy and Dictatorship in Europe – From the Ancien Régime to the Present Day
by Sheri Berman
Democracy and Dictatorship in Europe (published by Oxford University Press, 2018) explains how democracy actually develops, and how we should interpret the current wave of illiberalism sweeping Europe and the rest of the world.
Speakers:
- Sheri Berman, Professor of Political Science at Barnard College, Columbia University,
- Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Professor of Italian and History, NYU,
- Jack Snyder, Robert and Renée Belfer Professor of International Relations, Columbia University,
- Alexander Stille, San Paolo Professor of International Journalism, Columbia University
Welcome remarks:
Adam Tooze, Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Professor of History & Director of the European Institute